human vs. contagious disease theme

also known as: epidemic, pandemic

Someone tries to deal with a highly infectious disease running rampant through a population.

Examples

A weary band of space lepers had their sights set on bringing themselves, and possibly their disease, to planet Haven in tng1x11 "Haven".

29 total · 3 choice · 21 major · 5 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds91x05 choice Dr. Bashir raced to find a cure for a mysterious disease that was spreading uncontrollably on the space station. The disease was caused by a man-made virus and robbed those infected of the ability to speak.
ent4x11 choice An unstoppable silicon-based virus was spreading all over Enterprise. Phlox and T’Pol scampered to find a cure but in the end the Organians stepped in and saved the day.
tz1985e3x26 choice A strange disease was spreading around that made people go blind.
bbf2x18 major Dr. Franklin was working to find a cure for a deadly disease that was discovered among the Markab on Babylon 5.
ds94x24 major Dr. Bashir worked to find a cure for a deadly disease, known as the “blight”, that was afflicting the Teplan people.
ent1x13 major The Valakian were desperate to find a cure for a pandemic caused by their genetics. The Enterprise offered to aid in searching for a cure.
ent3x03 major The Enterprise crew scampered to find a cure for the mutagenic virus that had infected Archer, Reed, and Sato.
ent4x15 major Dr. Phlox was kidnapped by the Klingons to find a cure. He was forced to work under the threat of execution as the virus spread rapidly through Klingon colonies.
ent4x16 major Dr. Phlox was kidnapped by the Klingons to find a cure. He was forced to work under the threat of execution as the virus spread rapidly through Klingon colonies.
movie: Mutiny in Outer Space (1965) major The Space Station X-7 crew did everything they could to stop an extremely pathogenic Moon fungus from reaching Earth.